People v Nwobi, 2019 NY Slip Op 04413 [173 AD3d 770]

June 5, 2019

Appellate Division, Second Department

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The People of the State of New York, Respondent,

v

Anthony Nwobi, Appellant.

Paul Skip Laisure, New York, NY (Caitlin Halpern of counsel), for appellant.

John M. Ryan, Acting District Attorney, Kew Gardens, NY (John M. Castellano, Johnnette Traill, and Danielle M. O’Boyle of counsel), for respondent.

Appeal by the defendant from a judgment of the Supreme Court, Queens County (Joel L. Blumenfeld, J.), rendered July 28, 2014, convicting him of manslaughter in the second degree, burglary in the first degree, and criminal possession of a weapon in the second degree, upon his plea of guilty, and imposing sentence. Assigned counsel has submitted a brief in accordance with Anders v California (386 US 738 [1967]), in which he moves for leave to withdraw as counsel for the appellant.

Ordered that the judgment is affirmed.

We are satisfied with the sufficiency of the brief filed by the defendant’s assigned counsel pursuant to Anders v California (386 US 738 [1967]), and, upon an independent review of the record, we conclude that there are no nonfrivolous issues which could be raised on appeal. Counsel’s application for leave to withdraw as counsel is, therefore, granted ( see id. ; Matter of Giovanni S. [Jasmin A.] , 89 AD3d 252 [2011]; People v Paige , 54 AD2d 631 [1976]; cf. People v Gonzalez , 47 NY2d 606 [1979]). Austin, J.P., Cohen, Brathwaite Nelson and Iannacci, JJ., concur..